Postsynaptic development of the neuromuscular junction in mice lacking the γ-subunit of muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Liu, Yun ^a   Sugiura, Yoshie ^a   Padgett, Daniel ^a   Lin, Weichun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Subunit; Mice; Muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 75049083936     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-009-9248-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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